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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2021Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT for Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

097 
WGUS55 KABQ 312113
FFWABQ
NMC043-049-010015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0062.210731T2113Z-210801T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
313 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Sandoval County in north central New Mexico...
  West Central Santa Fe County in north central New Mexico...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 313 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.25 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Santo Domingo Pueblo, Madrid, Los Cerrillos, Cerrillos Hills State 
  Park, Kewa Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo and Domingo.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 252 and 263.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where water covers the roadway. 
The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 10605 3530 10610 3527 10616 3528 10628
      3532 10636 3544 10644 3554 10637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

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2 follow-up statements

322 
WGUS75 KABQ 312219
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
419 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

NMC043-049-010015-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sandoval NM-Santa Fe NM-
419 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR EASTERN SANDOVAL AND WEST CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTIES...

At 419 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of rain have 
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.25 inches are 
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Santo Domingo Pueblo, Madrid, Los Cerrillos, Cerrillos Hills State 
Park, Kewa Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo and Domingo.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 252 and 263.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where water covers the roadway. 
The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 10605 3530 10610 3527 10616 3528 10628
      3532 10636 3544 10644 3554 10637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

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316 
WGUS75 KABQ 010006
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
606 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

NMC043-049-010016-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sandoval NM-Santa Fe NM-
606 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
EASTERN SANDOVAL AND WEST CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3547 10605 3530 10610 3527 10616 3528 10628
      3532 10636 3544 10644 3554 10637

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 7:44 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more	30 hr
Jul 31, 12:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 31, 12:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	117 min
Jul 31, 1:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	23 min
Jul 31, 2:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	118 min
Jul 31, 2:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 31, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	36 min
Jul 31, 3:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 4:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding	3 hr
Jul 31, 4:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	23 min
Jul 31, 5:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.